repo_man

Oh man, looks sweet! For the un-attentive eye not much work got done at all, but I know how tedious the little things like that hinge can be (usually they take me longer than the 'large things' like windows/etc,lol) Fantastic solution! + from me

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CattleRustler

Thanks Repo Yeah, its amazing how much work there is, little tedious stuff that happens "between the pics" that no one ever sees. Time consuming but satisfying at the same time.

My plan for today is to build up the rig and post test it. Lets hope I dont have a DOA mobo, since its past the 30 days return policy at the Egg
And hopefully my psu extension is wired correctly and I dont fry the system from the get-go, lol.
:crosses fingers:

cya guys in several hours

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repo_man

Lol, please don't jinx yourself like that!! I will be well-wishing your efforts bro, I finally got an update posted in my own log,lmao. Happy modders are busy modders eh?

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The Intelligence - Day 28

Well, the time came to build and power up the main system components, so I brought my previous monitor down to the shop

started assembling the components
mobo pan...

psu...

mobo

forgot about the north bridge cooler I dont know what size fan it expects. A 40mm was too small, a 60mm is a bit too big for its brackets. So I guess a 50mm? Anyway I temporarily strapped on the red led 60mm case fans to it for now...

cleaned the nb chip and hs, and gave it a dab of arctic silver 5

mounted the nb cooler



did a two step cleaning and purifying to the Q6600 cpu, and stock hsf

while I let the cleaned parts sit to evap for about 10 mins, I mounted the 2 gigs of memory

applied AS5 to the cpu

snapped down (vomits) the stock hsf

attached my psu extension

main components assembled



not a bad little setup

once I connected the psu to the live line, and turned on the psu's I/O switch, the standby power led came alive on the mobo. That was a good sign but I was still nervous because of the psu extension mod. Didnt want to set the whole mod (and myself, and my house) up in flames :bites nails:

the mobo has power and reset switches onboard, so I grabbed a pencil (which I taped up after the pic was shot, to insulate the metal around the eraser)

the moment of truth........

































* * * * * * *SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM THE INTELLIGENCE* * * * * * *

TO THOSE READING THIS:

HELLO, THIS IS THE INTELLIGENCE SPEAKING. I AM AWARE THAT I AM GOING TO BE POWERED UP FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A FEW MOMENTS. IN THE EVENT OF A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE AND/OR SEVERE DAMAGE TO EITHER MYSELF, CR, OR BOTH - I (WE) WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT IT HAS BEEN A BLAST (NO PUN INTENDED) HANGING OUT WITH ALL OF YOU HERE ON OCN. KEEP UP THE GREAT MODDING WORK BECAUSE YOU ALL ROCK. DO NOT LET THIS UNFORTUNATE EVENT, SHOULD IT COME TO PASS, DISUADE YOU FROM CONTINUING YOUR MODDING ENDEAVORS.

THANK YOU.

SINCERELY,
THE INTELLIGENCE #000000000001 rev b.


* * * * * * *END SPECIAL MESSAGE* * * * * * *





































ITS ALIVE!!!!! But wait
nothing
on
screen.....

all black



and then the system cycled off and on, then stayed on but still nothing on the screen So I rechecked everything was seated and connected etc etc. Tried again but the same thing happened. I remember reading reviews of this board on the Egg, and people having odd weird problems during first boot . So I cleared the CMOS...

WIN!

So I set a couple of things in the bios and saved it, rebooted a few times, all ok.

I snapped this pic to try and show the red led fan glowing. I cant wait to see 6 of these puppies in the case when its all done, I think its going to look sick

anyway, after the post testing I disassembled everything back to bare parts so I can continue work on the case. A couple of small things to do, then its paint time

the unused power cables will be hidden and the 8pin atx cable will go under the mobo pan and pop out by the connector. I may need a short extension, but thats no big deal.

sorry I didnt get more done today but it was fun to see it alive, even if it was just a preview

Thanks for watching



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sabermetrics

that is awesome... just hope you have enough room behind the mobo for cable management... lol

ah yes, and I LOL'ed at the message in the middle for a good while

epidemic

Very nice work! That message in the middle made me laugh.

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Demented

Looking absolutely awesome!!! That's my RAM!!

Seriously though, I can't wait to see the finished product! I'm pretty new to OCN, and this is the first full project I have ever watched from beginning to end!

Great work, CR!!

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IT'S ALIVE!!!



Awesome job man, and congrats on it booting! (and not zapping yourself )

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Thanks glad you liked the message, the intelligence has a mind of its own. As for the cables, there should be enough room to tuck them under rail system that supports the mobo pan

thanks mate

thanks Demented, and welcome to OCN


haha, thanks man!
its alive, and so is I

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Ducky

Awesome stuff! I guess it's cases like this that you could really use a modular PSU though

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